New sensation: Phones that let you feel the world

By eCampus News staff and wire reports

January 13th, 2012

Sure, today’s phones can deliver the sound of a heartbeat. But how would you like to actually feel the throbbing? Asks the Associated Press. A few companies want to replace the crude vibration motors in today’s phones and tablets with something that provides a much wider range of sensations, allowing you to feel the rumble of a Harley or the reverberation of a shotgun blast. The new technology can even let you feel the outlines of a button on the screen. At the International Consumer Electronics Show, the gigantic gadget conclave in Las Vegas this week, a company called Artificial Muscle Inc. demonstrated how it can make mobile devices shake and rattle with great realism, employing a technology that uses plastics that function like muscles…